This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3EC.2ACE/381.1.2 Message Board Post: According to "Historical Stroll Through Churches in Marquette County", the records for St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake from 1872 - 1915 were believed burned when a fire destroyed the home of the church secretary. Later, many copies of these early church records were found with other records at St. John's in Harrisville, which helped to reconstruct the records of early baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths. Perhaps the Westfield Public Library http://www.westfieldlibrary.org/ or the Marquette County Historical Society can provide a mailing address for the two churches. Joan Coordinator Adams Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiadams/adams.htm and Marquette Co. WIGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wimarque/wimarque.htm